novelaction Chapter 176 Full Moon Banquet
Chapter 176 Full Moon Banquet
"Mom, what about the other half of your heart?" Shen Wanning asked curiously.
"I will never feel at ease until you two get married. That's why I've only let go halfway!" Aunt Zhang said, spreading her hands.
Knowing that Shen Wanning didn't want to get married so early, Lin Jingyou said, "Mother, I'm just a Juren, and I don't want to let Wanning down. I want to wait until after the palace exam before marrying her and give her the proper status of a wife."
This was not only said to Aunt Zhang, but also to tell Shen Wanning the reason why he didn't want to get married now.
Shen Wanning suddenly remembered what netizens had said yesterday, and she deliberately asked, "I heard that princesses like to marry the top scholar. What if my third brother is favored by a princess in the future? Should I marry him or not?"
Lin Jingyou replied seriously, "Just tell the truth. If the royal family abuses their power to oppress others, it only proves that the emperor is not a wise ruler. If he is not a wise ruler, he is not worthy of my service."
Shen Wanning then asked, "So Third Brother is willing to let all these years of hard work go to waste?"
“If the emperor can be kind enough and send me to a remote area, I can use what I have learned to benefit the local people, which can be regarded as putting my knowledge into practice. If the emperor is incompetent and threatens my life, then I can only let my parents down!” When saying the last sentence, Lin Jingyou looked at Aunt Zhang.
"Good! This is the good son of our Lin family, he is generous!" Aunt Zhang praised with a bright look in her eyes.
Finally, Lin Jingyou turned his head and looked at Shen Wanning, his eyes burning, "Wanning, don't worry, I, Lin Jingyou, will never let you down in this life!"
The netizens in the live broadcast room almost screamed. The third brother looked so handsome today. They all wanted to marry him!
Shen Wanning whispered, "Me too!" To hide her shyness, she immediately said, "Mom, let's go back quickly and make lunch early."
Aunt Zhang knew she was shy and the little girl was thin-skinned, so she stopped teasing her and they walked home together, chatting about other things on the way.
But on the way, Lin Jingyou's hand was always tightly holding Shen Wanning's hand, and he never let go.
Time flies, and soon it is the day of the full moon banquet. Many women in the village come to the Lin family early to help.
Led by Lin Dashan, the men helped move tables, chairs, bowls, chopsticks and other items.
The women took their vegetable basins and went to the pond to wash vegetables.
Lin Jingce and Lin Jingcheng drove their carriages to the county town respectively. Mingyue Tower closed early today.
The two of them brought back Grandma Qin's grandparents and grandchildren, as well as Tiema's family and Mrs. Xu's family to attend Lin Hai's full moon banquet together.
Wen finally came out of confinement, changed into clean clothes, and walked out holding Lin Hai.
Lin Jingyou passed the imperial examination, and everyone, together with Shen Wanning, made a lot of money in business. Everyone knew that their family had become very successful, so they all said good things about it.
"Oh, look at Wen's rosy complexion, her plump figure. She must have eaten a lot of good food during her confinement period, right?"
"This child is so fair and clean. He is different from other children. He is full of spirit."
"Looking at Wen, she doesn't look like she's given birth to two children. If you didn't know her, you'd think she was a young girl waiting to get married!"
"Sister-in-law, has your Wan Ning found a husband yet? How about I suggest one for her?"
Anyway, when things like this happen, people always talk about Shen Wanning's marriage, and she has become accustomed to it.
In order to avoid misunderstanding, Aunt Zhang said, "Oh, my daughter Wan Ning's marriage has been decided, but the wedding date has not been decided yet. I will definitely invite everyone to the wedding banquet when it is decided." Aunt Zhang replied with a smile.
This time, not only the villagers were shocked, but even the Lin family themselves were shocked!
When was Shen Wanning's marriage finalized? With whom? They hadn't heard anything about it, so how could they be engaged?
Xu was the most gossipy and was the first to ask, "Mom? Has Wan Ning's marriage been decided? When was it decided? With whom? How come I didn't know?"
Lin Dashan and the others looked at Aunt Zhang, waiting for her to explain.
Only Wen secretly glanced at Lin Jingyou. Seeing the smile on Lin Jingyou's face, she knew that they were probably together.
Aunt Zhang pulled Lin Jingyou over and said, "Unfortunately, my future son-in-law is the top scorer in Fuzhou this time, Lin Jingyou!"
When she said this, Aunt Zhang looked proud and raised her head, afraid that others didn't know about it.
"Aunt Zhang, are you too happy today and talking nonsense in the heat of the moment? Jingyou is your son! What future son-in-law?"
"That's right, Aunt Zhang, even if you don't want Wan Ning to get married so early, you don't have to make up such a lie to deceive us, right?"
Mrs. Xu pushed Mrs. Wen and said, "Second sister-in-law, do you think Mother is having a fit? How come she doesn't even recognize Third Brother and yet she says he's her future son-in-law? Isn't that funny? Hahahaha."
Mrs. Wen was speechless, then continued, "Do you think it's possible that Third Brother and Wan Ning are a couple?"
"How is that possible? They... huh?" Mrs. Xu finally realized something was wrong. She reacted and said, "No wonder Mother sent me away a few days ago to talk to them alone. And recently, I was wondering why Third Brother was always doing things with Wan Ning. So that's how it is!"
Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "Originally, today was a double celebration, but we have something else to announce today, which makes it a triple celebration. First, as everyone knows, my second daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy a month ago, and today is Xiaohai's full moon banquet.
Secondly, it's to celebrate my third son's success in the imperial examination. Finally, it's about my third son and Wan Ning's engagement. Of course, today we're just announcing the good news and letting everyone know. The engagement will be formalized in the future, and there will be an engagement banquet, and the wedding date will be set at that time."
Lin Dashan came over and asked, "How come I didn't know about this? Why did you decide this without even discussing it with us?"
"Wan Ning agrees, and the third brother also agrees. What else do we need to discuss with you? How can you not agree?" Aunt Zhang retorted to him.
In fact, Aunt Zhang had not originally planned to talk about this today, but someone mentioned Shen Wanning's marriage today, and she was afraid that Lin Jingyou would be worried, so she had to reassure him.
Plus, she had just asked Shen Wanning quietly, and she had agreed to reveal it today, acting like she was letting Aunt Zhang make the decision. So, she had suddenly decided to announce their engagement today.
Lin Jingyou walked to the front holding Shen Wanning's hand. Shen Wanning kept her head down shyly. They had only been together for a few days, and she was a little embarrassed to talk about engagement.
"I've long been attracted to Shen Wanning, but I was afraid she'd feel burdened, so I begged my mother to adopt her as my adopted daughter. Now that we're both in love, with my family and all of you witnessing, Shen Wanning and I are engaged. There will be an engagement party soon, and everyone is welcome to attend."